My Sweet Mama's Memory Garden ~

 
This past Mother's Day, my dad took mama shopping.
She wanted a limelight hydrangea.
They had one in the mountains where they moved from
and wanted one for our new home.

Well, when she saw the price she said NO...they are too expensive!

Mama passed away on May 17th and so many friends and family
wanted to give gifts or flowers.
I happened to mention this story on Facebook and guess what?
We received FOUR!

They brought a few baby Japanese maples down from Hiawassee

in pots and dad had been watering them since February.

He chose one of those to plant in the very center.

We will continue to add to her garden but I think

it's a beautiful start!

I know in my heart that she just loves it.

These two had 61 years of love and memories together.

They truly were such a blessing to each other!

Hugs and love always,
Dawn

Little goodies in progress ~

Well, I know I've made a ton of these little lavender sachets BUT

I've had several requests for them lately so what does a girl do??

MAKE MORE!

I've printed beautiful French labels and old sheet music images.

I even printed a few old postcards to see how they turn out, too ~

Hopefully I get these all finished today!

We'll see ~

I ran across some old photos and just had to share them with you ~

I've always loved make-up and apparently a lot longer than I thought!!!

Here I am about 4 years old with my play make-up ~

This is my precious Glum Glum...I was the oldest of eight grandchildren and

couldn't say Grandmom so Glum Glum is what I came up with :)

I was about five years old in this photo and I believe it was

Christmas morning...just look at that bed-head!!!!

She's showing me how to do something.

She was my precious creative muse, always inspiring me!

Fast-forward to about 12 or 13 years old ~

I raised bunnies for awhile!!!

Here are three of my five sweet babies.

A few comments on this pic:

This is the longest my hair has ever been in my life.

It was "hip" to wear a jersey with your graduating year on it.

And yes, I have a mouth full of metal braces!

I hope you don't mind me sharing a few sweet memories with you!!!

Wishing you a great Wednesday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn